I brought this plant and it is about 4ft high. really pretty. I need to know if I can plant this in nearly almost sun and does it matter that I want to plant it on the south side corner of my house. we have a lot of wind coming at us from the north and west. could someone help me out on this, please. bevthang

It's noted as being a z6, however, I have personal experience of them thriving in pots (so subtract a zone) in a zone 5 region. Also I have sold 7ft tall specimens which have since grown to 11+ feet. Anyway, love the tree and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a small to midsized acer palmatum.

After some leaf scorching last summer, I moved mine into more shade in the fall. It made it through a bad winter on the windy north side of the house and is budding out all over. What a relief. It is very twiggy and I'll probably thin it out a little. It looks so delicate, I wasn't sure it would make it here in central Ohio.

Butterfly is a very 'twiggy' upright vase-shaped japanese maple. Some people LOVE the twiggy look, but I am not one of them. A Butterfly can be artistically modified simply be continuing to remove a lot of the inner twigs. Mine is in full sun and has never burnt.

My 'Butterfly' is just as Todd Boland describes his tree. Mine is in a very large porcelain container, about 40 gallons in size and is about 10 years old. It stands about 7 feet tall and is about 6 feet wide. It has been subjected to some very harsh dry winds in Dublin, CA but this specimen has proven to be an extremely hardy tree in spite of its delicate appearance. Absolutely gorgeous! A standout in my 100-plus Japanese maple collection.

My 'Butterfly' is about 20 years old. It grows with only bright indirect sunlight so that it lacks the pink that is normally found on the leaves except in the early spring. It grew to 14 feet until I had to have it severely pruned to keep it in it's place. While it is said that this tree grows 8-10 feet, it has been known to grow to 25 feet in California.

Butterfly's foliage can revert to green and it is important to remove stems that only have green leaves on them.

'Butterfly' is one of the lovliest of the variegated Japanese maples. Most leaves have a clean white margin but soom variation exists. The new leaves may have pinkish margins. In fall, the white margins often take on a purplish colour. This selection may reach 5 m but is often much shorter. Like most variegated Japanese maples, it is not as hardy as the green or purple-leaved types, thus requires a very sheltered site. May be grown as a wonderful container plant.